Puzzle.



D. E. POLLEY.

" PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1914.

1,102,576, Q Patented July 7, 1914.

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DAVID E. FOLLEY, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July "7, 1914.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,481.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID E. FoLLnY, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Medford, county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inPuzzles, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

My present invention relates to puzzles, and its object is to provide aninteresting toy which will be easy to manufacture, compact and simple inconstruction, capable of being folded up and carried in the pocket, andof attractive, neat, and ornamental form, and yet which will present anapparently impossible puzzle to solve. To this end I have devised apuzzle of wire, comprising a plurality of wire links and a Wire ringwhich is fitted 011 one end of the chain of links and surrounded bylinks of greater diameter than the ring itself, so that at first sightit would appear to be impossible to remove the ring.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the puzzle in extendedposition, showing the ring at one end of the chain or wire links, thesewire links being preferably of somewhat complex form; and Fig. 2illustrates the manner in which the links may be folded together and thewire ring worked around the same to be removed and the puzzle solved.

As shown in the drawings, my puzzle comprises a neat, compact puzzle ofwire links, these links comprising a large end link 1, having the twoend portions formed into loops 2 and 3 respectively about a second link4, with its ends 5 and 6 similarly looped about a third loop 7. Thislink is preferably of S shape and is adjacent a second S shaped loop 8,each having its respective adjacent end portions looped at 9 and 10, asclearly shown in Fig. 1. A fifth link 11, similar in form and size tothe second link4has its ends looped at 12 and 13 about the link 8. Aring 14 of less diameter than the width of the links 1, 4, or 11,substantially in the proportion shown, is fitted on the link 1. Thepuzzle presents the problem of removing the ring 14 from its positionshown in Fig. 1, without bending or distorting any of the several linksin the entire device. To work the puzzle, the several links must be sofolded as to permit the ring 14 being slipped thereover and entirelyremoved from the chain.

Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which the puzzle is worked, and thering 14 passed around along and over one arm of each of the severallinks excepting link 1, simultaneously and out over the other link, thevarious dotted line positions being clearly delineated. The links 4 and11 are each first slid upon their respective adjacent links 7 and 8, bypermitting the loops 5 and 6 of the link 4, and 12 and 18 of the link11, to slide into the 8 loop of each link 7 and 8 at the pointsindicated at 15 and 16 respectively, the links 4 and 7 on one side andlinks 8 and 11 on the other are bent downwardly on the loops 9 and 10into the position illustrated in Fig. 2. The link 1 is then slid aroundone arm of the link 4 with the ring 14 held thereon until said ring maypass over the several arms of all the other combined links at the point17 Fig. 2, thence being moved onwardly as shown in dotted portions untilentirely taken off.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a neat, compact, interestingpuzzle, formed of a plurality of wire links in a manner economical tomanufacture, easy to assemble, and presenting a highly interesting anddifficult problem.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

In a puzzle having five U-shaped wire links with a ring on one extremeend link, said ring being of somewhat smaller diameter than the link onwhich it is held, each link having the ends of its U-shaped armspivotally united with the adjacent link and adapted to slide on the saidlink, excepting the two intermediate links, which said two links are ofU form with their ends extended in S shape and with said adjacent endspivotally united to each other permitting a piv- In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my otal action thereon only, whereby four of name to thisspecification, in the presence of said links may be folded together andthe tWo subscribing Witnesses.

ring removed by manipulating the same DAVID E. FOLLEY. around the :armsof both Sshaped ends and Witnesses the respective adjacent U-shapedlinks si- JAMES H. O. GARA,

multaneously. EDWARD MAXWELL.

Copies of this petent may be obtained for five eents ea'ch, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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